nicky nighteyes

Can you cali EJ swappers advise on the absolute best engine to get to make passing state ref inspection a breeze? From what I have read I think a pre 95 OBD 1 EJ without the EGR would be best. is this true? Thanks in advance.

Coincidental. I just came in here looking to see if anyone has actually got an EJ swap past the state refs, and your thread was sitting right there on the front page. Congratulations! First try too! Hmmm, now I just need to find a place to wrench in the east bay.

i second no photoshop, the photo has too many imperfections that could only come from real life. window transparency is a dead giveaway, its almost impossible to fake reflections and background through two windows

looking at that timeline, I wanna know more about this car: I know it shouldent be in the pre-80s forum, but enquiring minds want to know.

i vote for painted grille, go for it! I am partial to the honeycomb myself, in fact i swapped out the stock one on my 83 for one. But thats a personal preference. My roommate is all about the debadged 83 grilles.

you should... of course you will probably never use it, only the small 200mm clutches that you can't get through the starter hole. maybe you could wear it on a chain, blinging. for everyone saying "wtf is he talking about?" GD had the idea of taking an old pilot shaft off a blown tranny, boom, instant "heavy duty' metal clutch alingment tool.

looking good scrap, you got a nice beast factor there... might want to resize those pics though. let me know next time you guys go out.

actually they had only one, hanging on a hook, and they were the only baxter that had em. The two others I called didn't. but screw it, +1 anyway

got one, turns out the baxter I didn't call had one. a million thanks to all who offered suggestions/help. you guys are a stand up bunch.

if you get time to swing by that would be rad, I think I have it lined up pretty close, but I would like to make double sure, no sense pulling the engine twice. call me @ the number in my first post, I will be home most of the day. thanks Flow!

maybe I will give it a shot just eyeballing.

sweet. thanks, i let you know if I haven't found one yet

My engine is hanging on the cherry picker and can't go back in until I find one. I need the one for the EA81 clutch. I have tried everywhere and the only place who has one in stock is NAPA, and you gotta buy the whole clutch kit:mad: I don't believe you can just install the pressure plate hand tight and tighten the bolts through the starter hole due to the smaller clutch size. before I separated teh engine I tried and coulden't fit a socket in there, I might be wrong though. So if anyone local has one I would be much obliged if I could borrow it for ten minutes. thanks

i just did mine and a gallon was more than enough

nice, I love that blackout look. if you can't find those black door handles and gas door you can paint them with a mil-spec flat black (spraypaint), which is manufactured by AERVOE. I painted mine on the wagon a year ago and they haven't shown a single chip since. That stuff is chalk full of dust so it sticks to anything. Go over with a clearcoat after you want glossy. FYI